NTF11862 – Incident details

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Woodside Energy Global Pty Ltd reported a notifiable incident (NTF11862) at the Pyrenees offshore facility in Western Australia on 12 November 2022, involving severe corrosion of structural supports to a stairway on the main deck. During fabric maintenance activities, the corroded supports were found to have compromised load-bearing capacity. The operator immediately isolated the stairway with hard barricades to prevent access and no emergency escape routes were affected. NOPSEMA received notification on 14 November 2022 and escalated the incident to Level 1 inspection on 15 November 2022. The incident was categorized as a dangerous occurrence involving damage to safety-critical equipment, with external corrosion and wall loss identified as the immediate cause. Woodside submitted an initial report on 17 November 2022, proposing fit-for-service assessments as corrective action.